- Prof. Karim Ben Hamed, Coordinator of HaloFarMs project - Prof. Ridha Mhamdi, DG CBBC, Tunisia - Prof. Ahmed Ghrabi, DG CERTE, Tunisia - Dr. Fabrice Dentressangle, PRIMA office - Mme Saida Rafrafi, Department of Scientifc Programs and Partnership, MHESR, Tunisia

9h30-10h30: Keynote lecture Part I Moderators: Prof. Hassan El Shaer/Mohamed Wassif 9h30-10h00: Prof. Ahmed Youssef, DRC- Egypt Water Desalination as a Non conventional water resource. 10h00-10h30: Prof. Hamza Elfil, CERTE- Tunisia Water desalination in Tunisia: Unconventional resource to reduce water stress. 10h30-10h45: Coffee break 10h45-12h15: Keynote lectures Part II Moderators: Prof. Luisa Custodio/Christian Magné 10h45-11h15: Dr. Henry Risse/M.Sc. Juliane Roth, Germany Project WaterReTUNe - desalination, nutrient recovery and diversified valorization techniques of wastewater post treated by nature based solutions. 11h15-11h45: Prof. Bilquees Gul, ISHU, Karachi University, Pakistan Plantation and utilization of halophytes with saline water irrigation in Thar Desert of Pakistan. 11h45-12h15: Prof. Jutta Papenbrock, Hanover University, Germany Use of constructed wetlands for water treatment. 12h15-12h45: Short oral presentations Moderator: Prof. Hamza Elfil 12h15-12h25: Dr. Francisco Pedrero Salcedo, CSIC, Spain Integrated irrigation management using saline non-conventional water resources through blending strategies tools for salinity risk reductions. 12h25-12h35: Dr. Dalila Haddaji, CERTE, Tunisia Phytoremediation potential of Phragmites australis and Typha domingensis and role of their antioxidant enzymes in the depollution of an aquatic ecosystem. 12h45-13h30: Break